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Use of cookies on this website

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We use cookies on our websites when you:

register or sign in to the site

complete an online form

make a payment

change the font and colour settings

search for books in the library catalogue

search or comment on planning applications

and many more

We do not use cookies which can be used to identify you personally and no personal information is stored in any of the cookies we use.

Cookies used on our website

Operational cookies

TestCookie: used to work out if your browser accepts cookies

PHPSESSID: used to store the session ID of a user when browsing the site, registering, signing in and filling out forms

ASP.NET_SessionID: used to store the session ID of a user when viewing maps, using the library catalogue and making payments

JSESSIONID: used to store the session ID of a user when using the planning and building standards portal and filling out forms

ABsessionID: used to store the session ID of a user when using the library catalogue

CSPSESSIONID-SP-80-UP: used to store the session ID of a user when using the library catalogue

These cookies expire when you close your browser and are necessary for our site to operate.

Operational cookies for accessibility preferences

userColourscheme: used to store accessibility preferences

userFontsize: used to store accessibility preferences

userFontchoice: used to store accessibility preferences

userLettersparcing: used to store accessibility preferences

These cookies expire after 1 hour and are necessary to store accessibility preferences.

Usage and analytics cookies

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Third party cookies

There are a number of pages on our site which embed videos, images, maps and other content from third party sites. Cookies placed on your computer by third party sites are not controlled by us and we do not control how these third parties use cookies.

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